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Debt - Interest Rates (Detail) |  |  | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 30, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2020
Acquisition Corp. | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | Senior Term Loan Facility due 2020 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate |  |  | 2.125%
Acquisition Corp. | Federal Funds Effective Swap Rate | Senior Term Loan Facility due 2020 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate |  |  | 0.50%
Acquisition Corp. | Base Rate | Senior Term Loan Facility due 2020 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate |  |  | 1.125%
Term loan Base rate plus Election Rate | 1.00% |  | 1.00%
Additional Interest rate on other overdue amounts |  |  | 2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility | Eurodollar Applicable Margin Rate | 2020 Revolving Loans |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate | 1.625% | 1.875% |
Revolving Credit Facility | ABR Applicable Margin Rate | 2020 Revolving Loans |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate | 0.625% | 0.875% |
Revolving Credit Facility | Acquisition Corp. |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Term loan Base rate plus Election Rate | 1.00% |  | 1.00%
Interest rate applicable to overdue principal |  |  | 2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility | Acquisition Corp. | Initial Revolving Loans |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate |  |  | 0.75%
Revolving Credit Facility | Acquisition Corp. | 2020 Revolving Loans |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate |  |  | 0.875%
Senior secured indebtedness to EBITDA ratio | 3.15 |  | 3.15
Revolving Credit Facility | Acquisition Corp. | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | Initial Revolving Loans |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate |  |  | 1.75%
Revolving Credit Facility | Acquisition Corp. | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | 2020 Revolving Loans |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate |  |  | 1.875%
Revolving Credit Facility | Acquisition Corp. | Federal Funds Effective Swap Rate |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, marginal interest rate |  |  | 0.50%

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